May 10, 2024, 12:29 PM IST

Bad sequels of good Bollywood films

Abhimanyu Mathur

Double Dhamaal was called ‘torture’ by critics and certainly tarnished the original Dhamaal, a classic comedy

Hathyar was a lacklustre formulaic gangster drama that lacked the finesse and depth of its predecessor Vaastav

The original Welcome was a fun slapstick comedy while the sequel Welcome Back was silly, nonsensical and intolerable

After a great first film and a good second one, Ram Gopal Varma ruined the Sarkar franchise with a terrible third act in Sarkar 3

It may have minted crores at the box office but Dhoom 3 was the weakest and least tolerable film in the otherwise great Dhoom series

Masti pioneered sex comedies in Bollywood but Great Grand Masti ruined the premise with over-the-top jokes and needless horror

Ragini MMS 2 abandoned the freshness of part 1 and instead banked on Sunny Leone’s oomph, without any care for story or plot

If Raaz revitalised horror genre in mainstream Bollywood, Raaz 3 almost killed it, along with Bipasha Basu’s career

Bheja Fry 2 pretty much killed the legacy of one of the best and most unique Bollywood comedies by making it cliché

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